Joyful Youth: Many Children, Many Blessings, Starting with Song Qian

I can't even live a decent life myself.

Yu Zhouzhou's life afterward won't be too good either.

In this world, talent and spirituality are merely unremarkable highlights; they won't bring about any significant changes for you.

perhaps,

I didn't tell her this, and I didn't give her the help she was supposedly getting from her seniors.

Her life will be harder, and maybe she'll eventually let go of her ego and accept reality...

After waiting for a while,

Yu Zhouzhou finally managed to adjust the tone to its best.

Then he pulled for a while longer.

then,

Yu Zhouzhou looked at the female shop owner and asked, "Boss, how much is this violin?"

The female shop owner glanced at Yu Zhouzhou and then immediately quoted a price: "Fifty-eight thousand. Since you're a junior from Tsinghua or Peking University, I'll just charge you fifty-five thousand."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhouzhou bit her lip and began to consider.

Zhu Yun smiled and looked at the female boss, directly bargaining: "Boss, how about 50,000? We'll take it for 50,000, is that alright?"

The female boss glanced at Yu Zhouzhou.

He then decisively shook his head: "No way, I'd lose 5,000 out of 50,000, no way, no way."

Actually, when my classmate brought this instrument over, he said it cost 40,000 yuan.

The female boss raising the price to 58,000 is also a going rate.

After all, she needs to open a shop and make money, so it's normal for her to earn more than 10,000 yuan from a single instrument.

"Sure, boss."

Seeing the female boss shake her head in refusal, Zhu Yun smiled and continued, "You just said that we are junior students from Tsinghua and Peking University, which means you are also a senior from Tsinghua and Peking University. Since we are all alumni, then for the sake of the school, you should at least give us a discount of five thousand, right?"

The female boss laughed: "Little sister, you really know how to talk. However, although I am your senior, I can't reduce it by five thousand. How about this, I will reduce it by two thousand at most, making it fifty-three thousand."

"Okay, thank you in advance, senior."

Zhu Yun responded, then looked at Yu Zhouzhou.

Yu Zhouzhou smiled and shook her head, then said in a low voice, "Zhu Yun, I only have 27,232 yuan, so it's not enough."

Zhu Yun smiled and said, "It's okay. Didn't I just say that I'll also contribute a portion? Anyway, we've already made money from the drone project, so we can always make it back later."

"No."

Upon hearing this, Yu Zhouzhou shook her head firmly, then looked at the female shop owner and asked, "Sir, may I rent this instrument?"

"rent?"

Upon hearing this, the female boss glanced at Yu Zhouzhou with some surprise, then couldn't help but feel sorry for her...

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Chapter 498 Boss, can I rent this cello? (Begging for flowers, monthly tickets, and review votes!)

The female boss realized that Yu Zhouzhou had no money.

But I never imagined that Yu Zhouzhou would be this poor.

A domestically produced cello costing over 50,000 yuan still needs to be rented.

One can imagine that

How poor could Yu Zhouzhou's family be?

However, on the other hand,

The female boss knew from a young age that children from poor families shouldn't practice sports, learn music, or study painting.

because,

Each of these three items is very expensive.

While training well in sports can lead to joining the provincial or even national team, with true ability and talent, one could even make it into the national first team and participate in the Olympics and other international competitions.

However, only a minority can ultimately make it into the national team.

For most sports students, a score of 283 is enough to get into the national team, but they end up as substitutes or sparring partners.

After their prime years are over, they gradually leave the team and transition to other professions, going to university to study, and then finding a job as a physical education teacher.

This is basically the future for most athletes.

however,

Even in such a future,

In the early stages, families need to invest a lot of money in comprehensive upbringing.

after all,

Sports are an extremely strenuous form of physical activity.

First and foremost, nutrition must be adequate.

Leaving aside auxiliary measures such as exercise plans and exercise monitoring,

It's a very straightforward question.

In truly impoverished families, which family can afford to feed their child two pounds of beef and a pound of fresh milk every day?

And this is still the most basic requirement for sports.

The same applies to music and art.

Musical instruments alone can cost hundreds of thousands of yuan just for instruments bought from a young age, not to mention the cost of hiring teachers for tutoring and instruction.

While art may seem to only require learning sketching in the early stages...

But once you start learning watercolor and oil painting, you'll realize that those colorful tubes are actually ridiculously expensive, not even including the cost of each training session.

Therefore,

Unless a child from a poor family is exceptionally talented, has a particular passion for education, and is supported by a benefactor, they should simply focus on studying diligently.

He sighed inwardly several times.

The female boss hesitated for a moment, initially unwilling to soften her stance.

But in the end, the female shop owner said, "Sister, to be honest, I've never rented a cello before, and I don't know how to rent one."

"How about this, little sister? I'll offer you an installment plan. You'll need to pay at least 50% down, which is about 27,500. For the rest, you can give me 5,000 each month, and pay it off within six months. Is that okay?"

Zhu Yun hesitated upon hearing this.

She knew Yu Zhouzhou's current situation; paying back five thousand yuan every month was still a lot of pressure for Yu Zhouzhou.

but,

Since Yu Zhouzhou said she wanted to make her own decision,

Zhu Yun remained silent.

Yu Zhouzhou considered it carefully for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, boss, let's do it your way. Do I need to provide any proof?"

"Okay, tell me your class and teacher's name, then just give me the money."

The female shop owner responded and took out a QR code from behind the counter.

Yu Zhouzhou nodded in response, then said, "My name is Yu Zhouzhou. I'm a freshman in the Music Department, class 2, 23. My current class advisor is Teacher Feng..."

Upon hearing the name Teacher Feng,

The female boss's hand trembled involuntarily, then she looked at Yu Zhouzhou and asked, "Teacher Feng? Is that Professor Feng Guomin?"

"Yes."

Yu Zhouzhou responded, then asked with some confusion, "Boss, do you know Teacher Feng? But he only started teaching students at the school in the last few years."

The female boss hesitated for a moment.

Thinking back on those times,

The female boss then shook her head and smiled helplessly, saying, "Teacher Feng used to be my teacher, no, my mentor. It's just that I failed to live up to his expectations. Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Pay up."

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Chapter 499 The Female Boss's Plea and Memories! (Begging for flowers, monthly tickets, and review votes!)

Yu Zhouzhou scanned the QR code.

I first paid 27,200 yuan via Taobao.

then,

Yu Zhouzhou then switched to the WeChat interface, preparing to scan the QR code to pay again.